adapt
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views updated May 23 2018a·dapt / əˈdapt/ •
v. [tr.] make (something) suitable for a new use or purpose; modify: hospitals have to be adapted for modern medical practice. ∎ [intr.] become adjusted to new conditions: slow to adapt to change ∎ alter (a text) to make it suitable for filming, broadcasting, or the stage: the miniseries was adapted from Wouk's novel.DERIVATIVES: a·dap·tive / -tiv/ adj.
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adapt
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views updated Jun 08 2018adapt XVII (pp. once XV). — (O)F.
adapter — L.
adaptāre, f.
AD- +
aptāre, f.
aptus APT.
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adaptation XVII.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
Adapt
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views updated May 29 2018Adapt (əˈdæpt) Access for Disabled People to Arts Today
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